Artists and donors are bailing. Ticket sales are down. Things aren’t looking good for D.C.’s premier arts institution.

She writes about internet and pop culture for the arts section and contributes regularly to The New York Times Magazine. Her ...

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here.

All Slate podcasts without any ads, including the Dear Prudence podcast.

My 9-year-old daughter, “Bethany,” has a close friend, “Eliza.” Eliza’s mom apparently makes strange comments—sometimes just ...

President Donald Trump pulled his nomination of Ed Martin to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

Republican moderates are flexing previously unknown muscles. President Donald Trump watched a movie and now wants to reopen an old jail. We asked a bunch of trees what would be a good final entry, and ...

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily.

The Catholic Church has a new supreme pontiff—and he’s from the South Side of Chicago. These are words that no reporter alive ...

Not killed. Not lost. Not a life that simply “ended.” He was murdered. He was ripped from the fragile thread of existence by the deliberate choices of men who decided that his life did not matter. His ...